Schleicher AS accidents

The NTSB database holds 15 accidents and incidents involving the Schleicher AS, recorded between 1968 to 2008. 4 of them were fatal (27%), and 4 people died.

The deadliest year was 1972, with 2 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (7 records).

Most of these records are from United States.

11 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

27%

Share fatal

1968 to 2008

Period

Show these on the map 4 of 15 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 1

1970s 9

1980s 2

2000s 3

Where these happened

United States 15

Operators involved

Adrian Soaring 1 John P. Walker 1 Thermal Resear 1 Freedom Soarin 1 Detroit Vultur 1

All 15 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
9 Jun 1984	Schleicher AS-K13 N3313	Stanton, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
4 Oct 1972	Schleicher AS-K13 N3105	Oxford, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Detroit Vultur	Fatal	1
8 Jun 1972	Schleicher AS-K13 N1757	No.canton, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Freedom Soarin	Fatal	1
5 Jun 1971	Schleicher AS-W15 N3644	Boulder, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
10 May 2008	Schleicher AS-K13 N24BS	Gregory, Michigan, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
14 Dec 2006	Schleicher AS-K13 N545TT	Gregory, Michigan, United States	John P. Walker	No injuries	-
12 Mar 2002	Schleicher AS-W19 N333US	Moriarty, New Mexico, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
25 Jun 1983	Schleicher AS-K13 N6877	Tullahoma, Tennessee, United States	-	No injuries	-
22 Jul 1979	Schleicher AS-K13 N9180	Adrian, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
22 Oct 1976	Schleicher AS-K14 N11RT	North Conway, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
16 Aug 1976	Schleicher AS-K14 N169US	Mineral County, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
26 Oct 1974	Schleicher AS-K13 N14AA	Adrian, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Adrian Soaring	Serious injuries	-
20 Apr 1973	Schleicher AS-W17 N1UJ	Newton, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
8 Apr 1972	Schleicher AS-K14 N2316	Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 Oct 1968	Schleicher AS-K13 N1618	Homestead, Florida, United States no coordinates	Thermal Resear	Minor injuries	-